Ask an Admin: Can’t Talk, At Meeting

Ask an Admin (Admins being the term for Reddit employees) is a weekly column connecting Redditors and Upvoted readers with the people behind-the-scenes at Reddit. Got a question for Greg the Admin? Email him at askanadmin@reddit.com.

Do you have routine meetings? What are they like?
— Reddit user michaelquinlan

Why yes, we do! Of course we do!

As you can probably imagine, we all have our specialties here, so meetings often encompass what we know best. For example, I often consult with Reddit user Sodypop when I have questions regarding community issues, since he is amazing at that kinda stuff. I’ll holler at PowerLanguage when I need information on engagement, or am in need of a creative spark (he has tons of those!) I often have meetings with Drunken_Economist when I need to talk about data or, most important, the art of shit posting.

Believe it or not, I’m currently typing this week’s Ask an Admin column during the company’s weekly “Office Hours” meeting (don’t tell Spez or Kn0thing!). This is a meeting where everyone in the company gets together to discuss weekly happenings, major events, or any big things that we’ve been working on.

For example, spgreenwood just got up and discussed the latest video he finished working on: Formative with Steve Wozniak

Often times, maxgprime will get up and talk about recent IAmA’s that have taken place, or jophuds will discuss some awesome data he and his team just pulled after a week-long data sprint!

Imagine it just like this: I step to the podium and ask, “Does anyone like Pens & Stationery? Guess what? There’s an exchange for that!” (And then imagine cheers and applause roar from the Reddit office, as the crowd goes wild!) It happens exactly like this, every time.